All three of the US presidential candidates seem to be offering some pretty awesome stuff, like free gasoline or lots of cash. If I vote for Obama or Hillary I also get free healthcare (underrated), and if I vote for this McCain guy, I get low taxes. Unfortunately, some unfun “economists” (specialists in “economics” - perhaps the most overrated subject in history) claim that this awesome swag has a price.
YOU MUST PAY ME (The “national debt,” according to the debt clock.)
This is a lot of money, and people like the authors of this NYT article say it’s going to grow even more in the next four years. Unfortunately for them, though, the national debt is OVERRATED.
The National Debt - SORT OF OVERRATED
There are three reasons that the national debt is lame:
1) It’s kind of not real. I was looking at the debt clock last sunday, and I reloaded it after like three seconds, and the debt had already gone up like $100,000. Honestly, who is spending that kind of money on a sunday afternoon?
2) It’s not fun at all. The presidential candidates dig this reason, because i NEVER hear them talk about the national debt.
3) It’s not a big deal, since I figure I can just move somewhere else if we ever have to pay it. Or just not pay.
National debt = sort of overrated
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